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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Clarice Phelps is the first Black woman to help discover a new periodic table element. "Taking a seat at the periodic table didn't happen overnight, it was actually a 20-year ...

As a kid, Clarice Phelps often turned to one image for inspiration. While other seventh graders hung ’90s pop band and movie posters on their walls, Phelps put up a poster of Mae Jemison, the first ...

This Black woman scientist played a crucial role on a team that left her out of the celebration of a successful discovery. According to CNN, Clarice Phelps contributed to the discovery that filled in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee State University graduate was the first Black female to help discover an element for the periodic table. Clarice Phelps earned a chemistry degree from Tennessee State ...